The Isle of Wight GP holds a special place in Josh Coppins’s heart. “Lizzard” won his first ever GP there last year and the CAS Honda racer is determined to give his growing fan base something to cheer for. Coppins did exactly that in the timed practice posting the fastest lap time with ten minutes remaining however Pichon and Ramon managed to slip in better lap times before the end of the session:

“ I felt great the whole day and my times have been great too. We’ve made a lot of small changes to the bike and my starts were good which makes me pretty confident for tomorrow. I tried to put in a lap towards the end to see if I could snag pole but a rider crashed and the yellow flag came out which messed that up. Everyone in the team is working hard to achieve the same result as last year.”

Results Time Practice

1 Pichon Mickael, Fra, Honda, 02:03.911
2 Ramon Steve, Bel, Ktm, 02:04.314
3 Coppins Joshua, Nzl, Honda, 02:04.601
4 Everts Stefan, Bel, Yamaha, 02:04.775
5 Leok Tanel, Est, Kawasaki, 02:05.011
6 Townley Ben, Nzl, Ktm, 02:05.114
7 Noble James, Gbr, Honda, 02:06.108
8 De Dijcker Ken, Bel, Honda, 02:06.851
9 Barragan Jonathan, Spa, Ktm, 02:07.010
10 Atsuta Yoshitaka, Jpn, Suzuki, 02:07.810
11 Strijbos Kevin, Bel, Suzuki, 02:07.977
12 Pyrhonen Antti, Fin, Tm, 02:08.030
13 Meo Antoine, Fra, Husqvarna, 02:08.052
14 Gundersen Kenneth, Nor, Ktm, 02:08.348
15 Kovalainen Marko, Fin, Honda, 02:08.630